 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1909 - 1076 pages
...quote the words of Justice Seldon, in Hamilton v. McPherson, ''imposes upon a party subjected to injury the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible." But the rule requires such exertions only as are reasonable. This is illustrated by two cases in the... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1918 - 716 pages
...Damages, says (sec. 88) : "The law imposes upon a party injured from another's breach of contract or tort the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. If by his negligence or willfulness he allows the damages to be unnecessarily enhanced, the increased... | |
 | 1885 - 550 pages
...damages, the law in some cases imposes upon a party injured from another's breach of contract or tort, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. Where this duty exists, the labor or expense which its performance involves is chargeable to the party... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1870 - 722 pages
...had been entirely worthless ever since the recovery of the judgment. II. " The law, for wise reasons, imposes upon a party subjected to injury from a breach of contract, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. Public interest... | |
 | 1873 - 532 pages
...Damages for breach. —The law imposes on a party subject to injury from u breach of contract by another, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as slight as possible. And if the injured party, through negligence or willfulness, allows the damages... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, Erasmus Peshine Smith, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Joel Tiffany, Samuel Hand - 1870 - 704 pages
...it was held by SELDEN, J., delivering the opinion of this court, that " The law, for wise reasons, imposes upon a party, subjected to injury from a breach of contract, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. Public interest... | |
 | Austin Abbott - 1873 - 588 pages
...possible. The court of appeals, in Hamilton «. McPherson, 28 NY, 76, says, " The law, for wise reasons, imposes upon a party subjected to injury from a breach of contract, the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as, light as possible. Public interest... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1887 - 738 pages
...Hadley vs. Baxendale, yet if through neglect of the duty which the law imposes on the injured party of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible, the damages are unnecessarily enlarged, the increased loss falls on him. Hamilton vs. McPherson, 28... | |
 | New York (State). Superior Court (New York), James Clark Spencer, Samuel Jones - 1875 - 612 pages
...leakage or settling except for the time it would necessarily take to repair the rooms," was error. The law imposes upon a party subjected to injury from a breach of contract the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible ; and if the... | |
 | Isaac Edwards - 1878 - 738 pages
...The law for wise reasons, also imposes upon the party subjected to injury from a breach of contract the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. Public interest and sound morality accord with the law in demanding this ; and when the injured party,... | |
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The law, for wise reasons, imposes upon a party subjected to Injury from a breach of contract the active duty of making reasonable exertions to render the injury as light as possible. 
